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SergeStorms

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13. Unfortunately....

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #11)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 05:31 PM

Jul 2022

I believe you're correct. That's probably a pledge drive headline to get the miserly pricks to cough up more money to complete their fascist agenda.

Unless there are solid, filibuster-proof majorities in both Houses of Congress, the electoral college isn't going anywhere. Even if there were solid majorities, there's always the right-stacked Supreme Court to think about.

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Headline of the Day [View all] applegrove Jul 2022 OP

This has always been the greatest fear of the fright wing randr Jul 2022 #1

They are a terrorist organization. gibraltar72 Jul 2022 #2

OH NO NOT THE POPULAR VOTE! Brainfodder Jul 2022 #3

They prefer to win by the unpopular vote. H2O Man Jul 2022 #8

"They" seem to not understand optics at all. Brainfodder Jul 2022 #9

I'd swap 'Gloriously' for 'Dangerously' spanone Jul 2022 #4

More is needed Timewas Jul 2022 #5

The GOP will fight this tooth and nail because they will lose EVERY Presidential race. flying_wahini Jul 2022 #6

The Electoral College is a dinosaur 🦕. rubbersole Jul 2022 #7

That sounds like hell to a lot of rural conservatives IronLionZion Jul 2022 #10

More accurate: America is depressingly far away from eliminating the abominable Electoral College. DavidDvorkin Jul 2022 #11

Unfortunately.... SergeStorms Jul 2022 #13

And getting enough states to ratify the amendment. DavidDvorkin Jul 2022 #16

If only that was true! Fla Dem Jul 2022 #12

These thugs do not understand or appreciate America at all. OMGWTF Jul 2022 #14

Read the linked Federalist essay for their justifications (Socrates??) to "prevent tyranny." ancianita Jul 2022 #15

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